Raul S. Gonzalez, MD

Role

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical and Laboratory Pathology
Specialty

Appendix (Appendiceal) Cancer Bile Duct (Biliary) Cancer Colorectal Cancer Gallbladder Cancer Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Liver Cancer Pancreatic Cancer
Research Program

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Practicing Since

2013

Biography

Raul S. Gonzalez, MD, is a professor and serves as director of Anatomic Pathology Research and director of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Service in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. A board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist, Dr. Gonzalez's training is primarily in the diagnosis and classification of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases, particularly of the gastrointestinal system.

Titles & Roles

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine
Director of Anatomic Pathology Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine
Director of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education

Fellowship, Pathology-Surgical, 2013
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Residency, Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical, 2012
Emory University Hospital
Internship, Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical, 2009
Emory University Hospital
Medical Education, MD, 2008
Medical College of Georgia

Professional Memberships

Dr. Gonzalez is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute. He is a member and serves as Vice Chair for the Surgical Pathology Committe of the College of American Pathologists. He holds professional memberships with Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists, Georgia Association of Pathology, Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society, Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society and United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology.

Research

Dr. Gonzalez's research interests and experience is concerned with how microscopic findings translate into crucial prognostic information for cancer patients with particular interests in colorectal carcinoma, prognostic factors in small bowel neuroendocrine tumors, distinct forms of colitis, and neoplasms of the appendix.

Publications

Dr. Gonzalez has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
The 1000 Mitoses Project: A Consensus-Based International Collaborative Study on Mitotic Figures Classification. International journal of surgical pathology	S Lin, C Tran, E Bandari, T Romagnoli, Y Li, M Chu, AS Amirthakatesan, A Dallmann, A Kostiukov, A Panizo, A Hodgson, AR Laury, A Polonia, AE Stueck, AA Menon, A Morini, B Özamrak, C Cooper, CMG Trinidad, C Eisenlöffel, DE Suleiman, D Suster, DA Dorward, EA Aljufairi, F Maclean, G Gul, I Sansano, IE Erana-Rojas, I Machado, I Kholova, J Karunanithi, JB Gibier, JJ Schulte, JJX Li, JR Kini, K Collins, LA Galea, L Muller, L Cima, LM Nova-Camacho, M Dabner, MJ Muscara, MG Hanna, M Agoumi, NJP Wiebe, NK Oswald, N Zahra, OO Folaranmi, O Kravtsov, O Semerci, NN Patil, P Muthusamy Sundar, P Charles, P Kumaraswamy Rajeswaran, Q Zhang, R van der Griend, R Pillappa, R Perret, RS Gonzalez, RC Reed, S Patil, XS Jiang, S Qayoom, S Prendeville, SU Baskota, TT Tran, TH San, TM Kukkonen, TJ Kendall, T Taskin, T Rutland, V Manucha, V Cockenpot, Y Rosen, YP Rodriguez-Velandia, Z Ordulu, MJ Cecchini	12/01/2024
Validation of Metallothionein Immunohistochemistry as a Highly Sensitive Screening Test for Wilson Disease. Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc	NL Stokes, A Patil, O Adeyi, A Bhalla, I Brown, K Byrnes, J Calderaro, D Chen, W Chen, C Cooper, D Dhall, W Frankel, GG Gooch, RS Gonzalez, S Hammer, G Hale, S Lagana, C McKenzie, DS Allende, RK Moreira, R Nakhleh, I Nalbantoglu, RK Pai, M Salomao, DF Schaeffer, A Shih, JS Shin, CC Simoes, M Vij, M Rela, Y Xue, RK Yantiss, BZ Sabatto, RP Graham	10/09/2024
Is Social Media Here to Stay?: Survey Results Indicate Increasing Pathologist Interest and Engagement Over Time. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	RS Gonzalez, EL McKinnon, MY Fuller, JM Gardner, W Chen, XS Jiang	10/01/2024
Polypoid Kaposi Sarcoma Involving the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract: Clinicopathologic Study of 15 Cases. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	DI Suster, S Rastegar, T Salviato, W Wang, K Collins, IA González, WT Choi, HH Chen, RS Gonzalez, K McHugh, M Salomao, GW Charville	09/09/2024
Esophageal Enigma: Isolated Lower Esophageal Sphincter Amyloidosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association	A Merchant, RS Gonzalez, A Jain	09/01/2024
Clinicopathologic Features of Gastrointestinal Tract Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc	S Hu, RP Graham, WT Choi, KW Wen, J Putra, W Chen, J Lin, IA Gonzalez, N Panarelli, Q Liu, L Zhao, S Gong, M Mejia-Bautista, DJ Escobar, C Ma, A Shalaby, X Du, LI Kang, W Zhang, X Chen, X Ding, HH Chen, Z Ye, MK Pezhouh, X Liao, Y Liu, Z Yang, L Alpert, J Hart, JR Goldblum, D Allende, W Zheng, RS Gonzalez, HL Wang, X Zhang, X Liu, T Longacre, M Westerhoff, Y Xue	09/01/2024
Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix: Diagnosis, differentials, and disease progression. Seminars in diagnostic pathology	P Navale, RS Gonzalez	09/01/2024
Learning at a distance: results of an international survey on the adoption of virtual conferences and whole slide imaging by pathologists. Journal of clinical pathology	T Laohawetwanit, RS Gonzalez, A Bychkov	08/16/2024
Evaluation of fine-needle core biopsy specimens for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Diagnostic utility and helpful histological features. Histopathology	RS Gonzalez, T Yin, MW Rosenbaum, L Quintana	08/01/2024
Prognostic performance of microscopic size measurements in small invasive carcinomas arising in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. Histopathology	ML Zhang, Y Omori, SM Hong, N Ideno, K Date, DM Rocha Castellanos, SG Shroff, G Zamboni, RS Gonzalez, T Furukawa, C Fernandez-Del Castillo, M Mino-Kenudson	08/01/2024
Histologic Features of Mycobacterial Spindle Cell Pseudotumors: A Multi-institutional Clinicopathologic Analysis of 14 Cases. The American journal of surgical pathology	JM Szczepanski, JA Lieberman, LW Lamps, RS Gonzalez, Y Xue, X Zhang, OH Yilmaz, J Hart, T Krausz, JG Mantilla, JB McHugh, M Westerhoff	07/01/2024
Diagnosis and clinical relevance of uncommon subtypes of colorectal carcinoma. Journal of clinical pathology	RS Gonzalez	05/17/2024
Oncogenic GNAS Uses PKA-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms to Induce Cell Proliferation in Human Pancreatic Ductal and Acinar Organoids. Molecular cancer research : MCR	R Desai, L Huang, RS Gonzalez, SK Muthuswamy	05/02/2024
Debating Deposits, Redux: Substantial Interobserver Agreement Exists in Distinguishing Tumor Deposits From Nodal Metastases in Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	RS Gonzalez, S La Rosa, C Ma, AD Polydorides, C Shi, Z Yang, B Cox, DM Karamchandani	05/01/2024
Comparative histologic features among liver biopsies with biliary-pattern injury and confirmed clinical diagnoses. Human pathology	S Yu, B Vidal, M Peric, MW Rosenbaum, JMM Cates, RS Gonzalez	04/01/2024
Colorectal Carcinoma With Sarcomatoid Components: Report of 15 Cases and Literature Review of an Exceedingly Rare Carcinoma Subtype. The American journal of surgical pathology	U Golconda, KE McHugh, DS Allende, K Collins, P Henn, M Lacambra, PA Bejarano, GM Groisman, MB Loughrey, V Monappa, X Zhang, JL Hornick, RS Gonzalez	04/01/2024
Lymphoglandular Complex-Like Colorectal Carcinoma-A Series of 20 Colorectal Cases, Including Newly Reported Features of Malignant Behavior. The American journal of surgical pathology	O Yilmaz, M Westerhoff, N Panarelli, J Hart, G Groisman, I Ruz-Caracuel, M Loughrey, K Matsukuma, SH Lee, O Yilmaz, RS Gonzalez, V Deshpande	01/01/2024
Erythrophagocytosis is not a reproducible finding in liver biopsies, and is not associated with clinical diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology	N Desai, S Kudose, HE Remotti, A Del Portillo, L Fazlollahi, MJ Lee, Y Xiong, RK Moreira, M Salomao, MI Fiel, RS Gonzalez, J Misdraji, RM Gill, J Hart, DE Kleiner, U Drebber, AM Bellizzi, SM Lagana	01/01/2024
Submucosal Necrotic Nodule of the Colon: An Enigmatic Entity Potentially Related to Anisakis Infection. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	RS Gonzalez, LG Pastrián, S Pyatibrat, HDQ Arias, YR Gil, AL Booth, I de la Peña Navarro, M Garmendia-Irizar, JR Lapointe, M Mobarki, LM Nova-Camacho, G Parini, E Romio, AR Alayza, BS Pritt, I Ruz-Caracuel	11/01/2023
Lobular capillary hemangioma (pyogenic granuloma) of the gastrointestinal tract: Clinicopathologic analysis of 34 cases. American journal of clinical pathology	AL Booth, L Voltaggio, R Waters, J Goldblum, MM Feely, D Agostini-Vulaj, M Pezhouh, RS Gonzalez	10/03/2023
Apoptosis, Crypt Dropout, and Equivocal Immunohistochemical Staining May Indicate Cytomegalovirus Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. The American journal of surgical pathology	Y Ono, RS Gonzalez	08/01/2023
Microvesicular hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated lesion of the large intestine: a biological continuum or separate entities? Journal of clinical pathology	AC Bateman, AL Booth, RS Gonzalez, NA Shepherd	07/01/2023
Practice patterns for reporting digestive system neuroendocrine neoplasms: results from a large, comprehensive international survey. Histopathology	DM Karamchandani, B Cox, S La Rosa, AM Bellizzi, C Shi, RS Gonzalez	03/01/2023
Anal intraepithelial neoplasia: a review of terminology, differential diagnoses, and patient management. Human pathology	M Vyas, RS Gonzalez	02/01/2023
High-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm: Clinicopathologic Findings in 35 Cases. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	RS Gonzalez, NJ Carr, H Liao, RK Pai, D Agostini-Vulaj, J Misdraji	12/01/2022
Gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatobiliary involvement by plasma cell neoplasms: clinicopathologic correlations in a retrospective cohort of 116 cases. Histopathology	JT Kelley, LD Fuller, KK Lai, RK Yantiss, S Dzedzik, D Alapat, A Mashayekhi, L Alpert, RS Gonzalez, SR Owens, DA Arber, LW Lamps	12/01/2022
Gastric Histopathologic Findings Are Similar in Portal Hypertension Patients With and Without Endoscopic Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy. American journal of clinical pathology	MK Morrow, RS Gonzalez	11/03/2022
Liver Histology in Septic Patients: Is It All About Ductular Cholestasis? Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine	C Bsirini, R Katerji, EJ Lee, RS Gonzalez	11/01/2022
Gastrointestinal Tract Injury by Yttrium-90 Appears Largely Restricted to Resin Microspheres But Can Occur Years After Embolization. The American journal of surgical pathology	M Feely, R Tondon, M Gubbiotti, KM Stashek, N Numbere, AR Huber, AK Sharma, BS Geller, SN Salaria, RS Gonzalez	09/01/2022
Ingested Foreign Bodies Can Cause Appendicitis and Perforation: A Multi-Institutional Case Series. Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society	MY Fuller, DG Leino, M Reyes-Múgica, AE Kovach, JE Velázquez Vega, S Caltharp, T Bhatti, RS Gonzalez	01/01/2022

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